rehouse

verb re·house \ (ˌ)rē-ˈhau̇z \

Updated on: 17 Apr 2018

Definition of rehouse

transitive verb

: to house again or anew; especially : to establish in a new or different housing unit of a better quality

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Examples of rehouse in a Sentence

The organization is working to rehouse families who were displaced in the fire.

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Those rehoused, Mr Zhao thinks, end up with a new house, no savings, no job and 600 yuan a year of income support—not nearly enough to live on.

— The Economist, "China has built the world’s largest water-diversion project," 5 Apr. 2018
After 9/11, the federal immigration bureaucracy was rehoused in the brand-new Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

— dara lind, Vox, "“Abolish ICE,” explained," 19 Mar. 2018
The city demolished 428 homes, displacing 35 Anglo families, 179 black families and 194 Latino families to rehouse 796 Anglo families that qualified to live in the housing project.

— vincent t. davis, San Antonio Express-News, "Historic African American neighborhood evolved into San Antonio’s East Side," 14 Dec. 2017
Most of the surviving families are still living in hotels, waiting to be rehoused.

— anna codrea-rado, New York Times, "London Art Auction for Grenfell Fire Survivors Raises $2.5 Million," 17 Oct. 2017
While that was less than the amount that went to vouchers and landlord outreach, rapid-rehousing funded housing for 55 percent of the veterans.

— gary warth, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Goal reached: 1,000 homeless veterans receive housing," 6 Oct. 2017
Cavanaugh’s proposal calls for taking about $1.2 million from Sacramento Steps Forward’s outreach worker and rehousing programs.

— ellen garrison, sacbee, "Sacramento County approves broad plans to help the homeless | The Sacramento Bee," 21 Mar. 2017
Housing agencies in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles have run pilot programs on rehousing former prisoners, including family reunifications.

— simon montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, "How cities are helping former felons get stable housing," 19 July 2017
Rapid rehousing sounded promising initially, Tatterson said.

— vernal coleman, The Seattle Times, "‘You just hit this wall’: The long road taken by many in a ‘rapid’ homeless housing program," 28 June 2017

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